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Codec conflict? Got more than one pack on your rig!

...which is pretty much what I just said.

Lol! Whoopsies!

OK. As I stated, you can do this quite easily. I network some of my larger collections and have no problems doing this. I would maybe consider mapping a shared folder as a drive on your HTPC to boost throughput on your network. In other words, not only is this possible it's perfectly acceptable. The custom menu tool is in the GameEx start menu install folder under "Utilities". It's a seperate app aside from the Setup Wizard. You specify the page title, and the list items for each. As an example: On my start page I have three menus: Movies, Apps, and Music. Under movies I have Play DVD, Netflix, and the Videos folder. Under Apps I have Facebook, Weather, and RSS Feeds. Under Music I have Rhapsody, and GameEx's Jukebox. It's really quite simple to set it up this way.

You can do the first using custom menus. Using that tool you can make the menu display anything you like in any order. As for the second item, you want to house one installation and run it on several HTPCs? I mean I use my GameEx cab to serve my media all over my house but don't necessarily use GameEx on all systems. What you want to do is point GameEx at different folders on the network as opposed to just the ones installed in your system right? If that's the case, of course it can be done. As far as having one install to rule them all I don't know if that's possible... I can see some snags you'll hit along the way using that method. And hey... Welcome to the forums!

Yup.

Crumbs! I forgot to mention... you probably need to delete the artwork GameEx zips too... it may be trying to use that file.

If you want my advice ditch it and stick to MAME. No reason to use it since emulation is equal to MAME's.

GameEx does do a generic artwork call though for bezel.PNG so at least you can fix your horizontal bezel. It's the horizontal one that will not work (obviously). I'm gonna jump in on your talk with Mr. Do if ya don't mind. I got some specific questions.

It is for me! Lol! That and the always awesome "how did you do that?" Thanks rocky, that's enough to get me started.

I'll be watching this thread too.

Seems to me there are two steps missing. Mr Do says you need to make the changes in the compile. Second we should be looking at using backdrops instead of marquees. Lets tackle the compile first. Make the changes he mentions based on your resolution (16:9). Edit: Crap. He says this doesn't work as of 0.140, so more investigation needs to be done here.

I thought the lay file handled bezel size and positioning?

Thats a foreground_topmost issue he or she will have to fix.

Did ya try it out? If this works I have work to do! Lol!

Nah its probably for both. Under bezel change bottom to your x resolution and right for y. Then we can tweak it if need be.

Hmm that may be the one for the attract mode banner though... Maybe not. Did you get that from the v2 folder under media/bezel? Just wanna be sure before I suggest changes.

I wonder if you could edit the bezel.lay to work around that? I can't look at it right now. Edit: you can. http://mamedev.org/devwiki/index.php/LAY_File_Basics_-_Part_I

I'll be driving mine and 'inspecting' the haul also. Best part!

I'll take a peek at your sound files and see if I can fix em. You currently need to make the bezel in the GameEx install for them to work at all. Were you scripting something to make it do that automatically? That would be a huge plus for the themeing community! PS: A release thread for themes is always a good idea, I'll link your entry to this thread.

It basically forces any games to stretch it. If you don't use it it will keep that largest native resolution it can scale to, resulting in 'black bars'. Without it horizontal games may letterbox. Not sure as I don't mind the stretch and use -noka to make all games fill the screen.

Your bezel dimensions are too big. The overlay doesn't work that way. You can keep the standard bezel size, tell MAME the resolution you want to use -r 1920x1080 , and add -noka to fill the screen. The bezel size doesn't change the render size MAME outputs so all you did was make the bezel overlap the play area.

::THEME ENTRY:: Submitted by: naborneo Theme Title: Confluence Port v1 Theme Type: Gameing Frontend Theme Version: 4 Theme Resolution: 1280x720 Theme Description: This was built to support MAME and Emulators Date Submitted: 10/30/11 Download URL: GameEx.com Download Size: 17.6MB Release Thread: Click Here Additional Notes: ConfluencePort 1.1 adds bezels for MAME and controller images for emulators.

Don't get hassled there Hoff! Happy birthday!

Thanks for your submission! I'll add it to the main comp thread later today.